Countries
Zimbabwe
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
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Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Interesting Facts
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Konkani Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3752
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
516
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4636
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
Waita zvako
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
Manheru
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
Mangwanani
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
Ndineurombo
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
bye
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
Ndinokuda
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Kokan
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Varhadi
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Zezuru
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
16.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
442
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million71.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %1.10 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million68.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
shona
marathe
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Marathi
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Marathi people
Origin
20th century
10th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Bantu
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Marathi
Language Position
10717
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
mr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
mar
ISO 639 2/B
sna
mar
ISO 639 3
sna
mar
ISO 639 6
sna
mar
Glottocode
core1255
mara1378
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
omr
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-